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Advanced Certificate in Powder Diffraction
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Timetable 2000/2001 School of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, University of London |
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Advanced Certificate in Powder Diffraction
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Timetable 2000/2001 School of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, University of London |
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Normally lectures will be made available at the beginning of the week. Release numbers are sequential per "term". Note that terms do not follow the conventional pattern of an english school/university term. Each term roughly coincides with a particular unit, but there will be deviations for a few individual lectures, in order to optimize delivery of the more difficult subjects. Certain releases in terms 1 and 2 will have a release which is intended to be studied over a 2-week period. Releases in term 3 are only nominal, as the project will be self-paced.
Official start date Monday, 23 October 2000.
| TERM 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release | Date | Lecture | Topic | Responsible |
| 1 | 23/10/00 | Internet Skills | Writing HTML, Tables, & Pictures | JKC |
| 2 | 30/10/00 | Introduction to Powder Diffraction | Overview & General Applications | PB |
| 3 | 6/11/00 | Instrumentation I | Laboratory Methods | JKC |
| 4 | 13/11/00 | Instrumentation II | Synchrotron X-ray Sources & Diffractometers, Energy-Dispersive Methods | PB |
| 5 | 20/11/00 | Symmetry I | 3-D Symmetry Elements, Crystal Systems, Bravais Lattices | JKC |
| 6 (2w) | 27/11/00 | Symmetry II | Point Groups & Laue Classes | JKC |
| 7 | 11/12/00 | Diffraction I | Scattering from Arrays of Atoms, d-spacings, Diffraction from Single Crystals, Powders, & Non-crystalline Materials, Structure Factors | PB |
| 8 | 18/12/00 | Diffraction II | From Structure Factors to Measured Intensities | PB |
| 2 Weeks Break for Xmas & New Year in UK | ||||
| 9 (2w) | 8/1/01 | Symmetry III | Space Groups | JKC |
| 10 | 22/1/01 | Instrumentation III | Neutron Sources & Diffractometers | JKC |
| 11 | 29/1/01 | Qualitative Analysis | PDF Database: Contents & Usage | PB |
| TERM 2 | ||||
| Release | Date | Lecture | Topic | Responsible |
| 12 | 5/2/01 | Indexing I | Peak Positions, Standards, Unit Cell Refinement | JKC |
| 13 | 12/2/01 | Indexing II | Indexing Methods & Programs | JKC |
| 14 | 19/2/01 | Symmetry IV | Systematic Absences, Space Group Determination | JKC |
| 15 | 26/2/01 | Peak Shapes | Peak-Shape Functions, Widths & Resolution Function, Asymmetry, Peak Broadening, Stress, Strain | PB |
| 16 | 5/3/01 | Structure Refinement I | Rietveld Method, Least Squares, R-factors | JKC |
| 17 | 12/3/01 | Structure Refinement II | Structural Parameters, Fourier Maps, Constraints & Restraints, Multiphase Refinements, Phase Transitions, Combined Data Sets | JKC |
| 18 | 19/3/01 | Quantitative Analysis | Methods & Errors | PB |
| 19 | 26/3/01 | Modern Techniques & Applications I | Non-Ambient Diffraction, Furnaces, Cryostats, High-Pressure, & Detectors | PB |
| 1 Week Break for B.C.A. School & Meeting in UK plus | ||||
| 2 Weeks Break for Easter in UK | ||||
| 20 | 23/4/01 | Modern Techniques & Applications II | Thermodiffractometry, Phase Transitions, Real-time Methods, In-situ Analysis | PB |
| 21 | 30/4/01 | Modern Techniques & Applications III | Patents, Polymorphism, Compositions & Impurities, Legal Case Studies | JKC |
| 22 | 7/5/01 | Publication | Interpreting Crystallographic Journals, CIF, & Structural Databases | MPA |
| TERM 3 | ||||
| Release | DATE | Lecture | Topic | Organiser |
| 23 | 14/5/01 | Structure Solution | Whole Pattern Fitting, Structure Solution Methods | JKC |
| 24 | 21/5/01 | Structure Refinement III | Refinement in Practice | JKC |
| 25 | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| - | N/A | Project | Individual Student Project Work | MPA/JKC/LMDC |
| 26 September 2001 | Written Examination | |||
| October 2001 | Project Submission | |||
| End Dec. | Certificates Awarded | |||
N/A = Not Applicable
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